Quantifying the predation on sardine and hake by cetaceans in the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-244

  Begona Santos M ^a   Saavedra, Camilo ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^b,c  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Common dolphin; Hake; Natural mortality; Sardine; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MAMMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; HAKE; NATURAL MORTALITY; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SARDINE; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DOLPHIN; GABBRO; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 84907974576     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.040     Document Type: Article

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